Bottle-closure-applying device



Nov. 6 1923.

S. L. GOLDMAN BOTTLE CLOSURE APPLYING DEVICE Filed Jan. 26. 1922 V 2Sheets-Sheet -1 Nov. 6 1923. v

S. L. GQLDMAN BOTTLE CLOSURE APPLYING DEVICE Filed Jan. 26 1922 2SheetsSheet 2 Patented Nov. 6, 1923.

SIGMUND L. G-OLDMAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BOTTLE-CLOSURE-APPLYING DEVICE.

Application filed January 26, 1922. Serial No. 531,958.

To aZZ 1071mm it may concern.

Be it known that I, SioMUNn L. GoLD MAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State 0t Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Bottle-Closure-ApplyingDevices, oi which the following is a specification.

My invention relates generally to bottle closure-applying devices, andas to certain features thereofto devices adapted more particularly forapplying corks to sealing position in the mouths of bottles.

One of my objects is to provide in bottleclosure-applying devices of thetype employing an upright supporting in position thereon, a head, orslide, in which the elosureen gaging member is movable, improvements inthe means for holding the head, or slide, in the desired position ofvertical adjustment on the upright. Another object is to provide anovel, simple and inexpensive construction of bottlecorking device.Another object is to provide a bottle-corking device by which theoperation of corking a bottle may be quickly and accurately performed,regardless of the height of the bottle to be corked, within the range ofsizes of bottles for use in connection with which the devices aredesigned to operate; another object is to provide improvements wherebythe corks will be inserted to a uniform predetermined position in themouths of the bottles; and other objects as will be understood from thefollowing description.

Referring to the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation or a bottle-corking machineconstructed in accordance with my invention, the operating handletheretor and a part of the head.be ing broken away. and the cork-guidebeing shown in the position to which it may be moved "For preventingitfrom dropping out of engagement with the head, or slide. Figure 2 is aview in frontelevation of the structure shown in Fig. 1. with a portionof the base broken away. Figure 3 is a view in sectional side elevationof the structure shown in the preceding figures. Figure 4 is a brokenfront view of the structure shown in Fig. with certain of the partsthereof sectioned. Figure 5 is a broken front view of the parts shown inFig. 4, the positions of the parts shown inthis figure being thoseassumed in the final movement of eflectingthe corking operation, certainparts of the structure being shown in section. Figure 6 is an enlargedsection taken at the line 6 on Fig. 3 and viewed in the direction of thear rows; and Figure 7 is an enlarged broken section taken at the line 7on Fig. land viewed in the direction of the arrow.

Referring to the construction shown. in Figs. 1 to 7 inclusive, thedevice comprises a base represented at 9, this base being formed of aplate-portion 10 preferably providedwith openings 11 therethrough atwhich the base may be attached, as through the medium of screws, onebeing shown at 11 to a support, as for example a table, if desired. Theopposite side edges of the plate 10 ad jacent the rear edge thereof, isprovided at its rear edge with an inwardly-projecting plate-like portion18, these parts extending in a direction toward each other and reach ingshort of the plate 10. The rear edge of the plate 10 is provided with anupwardlyextending flange 14 which extends immediately beneath, andclosely adjacent to, the portions 13, whereby the flange 14 acts as astop in conjunction with the portions 13, the plate-portions 12 andflanges 13 and 14 be ing preferably formed integrally with the plate 10.The device also comprises an upright represented generally at 15 andwhich, in the particular construction shown, is formed of a pair of barseach having a flat upper portion 16, a flat lower portion 17 laterallyoffset from the portion 16 as shown in Fig. 2, and anoutwardly-incliningportion 18. The bars fit fiat-wise together at theirportions 16 at which they are secured against displacement by rivets 19,the upright, 15 extending at its portion 17 into the space providedbetween the plate-portions 12 and being pivotallyconnected to the latteras throughthe medium of the rivets 20, adapting the upright to be swungon the base from vertical position to horizontal position and viceversa. The upright 15 is shown as provided with locking bar 21 extendingthrough vertically elongated slots 22 in the portions 17 of the upright,this bar in the vertical position of' the upright extending at itsextremities into upwardlyopening slots 23 provided in the upper edges ofthe portions 12, this bar being adapted to be raised out of the slots 23to free the upright for movement tohorizontal position.

The upper portion of the upright 15 is shown as provided. along oneedge, with rack-teeth 24, these teeth being formed in t me thehorizontal, as shown in Fig. 1, in order that the disk 64 shall inclineto' the same degree as the under edges of the teeth 24 whereby inadjusting the disk 64 in the 1 space between adjacent rack teeth the toextend at the desired elevation for cooperation with a bottle the upperportion of which is shown at 100, and of a given height, and which is tobe corked, the operator, the guide 47 being in the lowered positionshown in Fig. 3, inserts a cork into the upper end of the opening 52,the cork,

which. is represented at 68, occupying substantially the position shownin Fig. 3]

The dotted cork shown in this figure represents the cork in one of thepositions it 00- cupies in being introduced into the guide 47. The corkhaving been introduced into the guide 47, and the rack 42 being inraised position, the operator slides the guide 47 upwardly and positionsthe bottle 100 on the base 10, and thereupon slides the guide 47downwardly on the head to a position in which the mouth of the bottleextends into the recess 53. The operator then actuates the gear 54,through the medium of the handle 60, to depress the plunger the lowerend of which engages with the cork 68 and forces the latter through thelower end of the opening 52 and into the mouth of the bottle as shown inFig. 5, the downward movement of the plunger being arrested by theengagement of the shoulder portions with the upper edge of the guide 47as shown in Fig. 5 whereby the cork 68 is introduced into the mouth ofthe bottle to av predetermined point. The corking operation having beenperformed, the operator reverses rotation of the gear 54 to withdraw theplunger to the position shown in Fig. 3,- removes the corked bottle andintroduces another cork into the guide 47 for repetition of theoperation stated.

The opening 52 through the guide 47 is preferably of a cross sectionalarea at its lower end, immediately above the portion 53. less than thecross-sectional area of the mouth of the bottle whereby the cork 68 iscaused to be so compressed that it is considerably smaller than themouth of the bottle.

It will be noted that the shaft 57 is flat tened at both ends and thehandle 60 is removably connected with this shaft, it being held againstdisplacement thereon by the cotter pin as shown. This feature permits ofthe ready attachment of the handle 60 to eitherend of the shaft and theshifting of the same from one end to the other as desired to render thedevice operable from 7 either the left orthe right hand side.

a It is of advantage to employ an upright having a rack portion asdescribed through the medium of which the head 25 is adjusted thereon indifferent verticalpositions, inasmuch as thereby the upright may be;used interchangeably with corking mechanism,

and withseal-applying riders or slides such as are commonly known and'invo-lvlng a toothed member pivotally supported on the slide or riderand engagingfat its-teeth with the teeth of the rack, rotation of thetoothed member serving, by its engagement with the rack, to effectvertical movement of the rider or slide on the upright. Thus it isonlynecessary to furnish one upright with a set of bottle-corking andseal-applyingor capping devices, with the manifest advantage. of,economy of construction.

When'it is desired to remove the slide 47 for any purpose this maybereadily'etfected by rotating, and drawing down onthe slide, to disengagethe groove in the latter from the pin 51, the connection between theslide. 47 and the head 25 being in the nature of a bayonet joint. I V iA corking device constructed in accordance with my invention is not onlyof simple and economical construction, but is positive in operation andpermits of the corking of bottles with the maximum ease and with greatrapidity.

While I have illustrated and described a particular constructionembodying my invention, together with a modification thereof, I do notwish to be understood as intend ing to limit it thereto as variouschanges and alterations may be made therein and variousothermodifications presented without departing from the spirit of myinvention.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a bottle-corking device, the comb-i nation of a head, a cork-guidehaving bayonet slot engagement with said head and movable up and down onsaid head, and a plunger adapted to engage a cork in said cork-guide;

2. In a bottle-corking device, the combination of a head provided with acork-guide, a plunger adapted to be movedin said corkguide, said plungerhaving a bar-portion guidingly engaging said head and a finger guide,said plunger having a bar-portion guidingly engaging said head andprovided with rack teeth, and finger secured at its lower end to saidbar and located exteriorly of said head, said finger being provided witha stop surface adapted to engage said corkguide for limiting movement ofsaid plunger in said guide, and a toothed rotatable member meshing withsaid teethfor reciprocating said bar.

4. In a. bottle-closure-applying devi e, the combination of an uprighthaving a toothed portion, a slide on said upright, said slide containinga slot intersecting the plane of said teeth, and a disk in said slot androtatable on said slide into and out of intersection with said teeth.

5. In a bottle-closure-applying device, the combination of an uprighthaving a toothed portion, a slide on said upright, said slide containinga slot intersecting the plane of said teeth, and a disk located in saidslot and eccentrically journaled on said slide, for the purpose setforth.

6. In a bottle-closure-applying device, the combination of an uprighthaving a toothed portion, a slide on said upright, said slide beingformed of fiatwise-opposed plate por tions and containing a slotintersecting the plane of said teeth, and a disk in said slot, said diskhaving a journal, a portion of said slide being deflected outwardly to"form a space between said plate portions in which said journal isjournaled.

7. In a bottle-closure-applying device, the combination of an uprighthaving a toothet portion, a slide on said upright, said slide beingformed of fiatwise-opposed plate portions and containing a slotintersecting the plane of said teeth, and a disk in said slot, said diskhaving a journal, opposed portions of said plate-portions beingdeflectedoutwardly to form a space between said plateportions in which saidjournal is journaled.

8. In a bottle-closure-applying device, the combination of anupright-having a toothed portion, a slide on said upright, said slidebeing formed of flatwise-opposed plate portions and containing a slotintersecting the plane of said teeth, and a disk in said slot, said diskhaving journals at its opposite faces, journaled in said slide betweensaid plate portions. I

SIGMUND L. GOLDMAN.

